why this may be happening here yet another hour of news this thursday morning and starts right now at 6:00. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington, on your side." [applause] >> the first presidential debate is over, but the bottle is just beginning. >> we will detail the unusual circumstances that had a fairfax county family desperate for answers about their suddenly missing teenager. >> if you went to the ball did yesterday, you saw teddy with his first race. the best record in baseball. to go good morning, washington. to go glad to be with you this morning. right to jacket with a look at the forecast. -- jackie with a look of the forecast.

>> small areas of rain in stafford county. you can see that on the doppler behind me. showing you the weather headlines. the clouds and showers we have are just this morning. skies are going to become sunday by this afternoon. improving conditions throughout the day. big week in cages with the cool down in the forecast. there is the super doppler i was talking about. when you see the dark green and light yellow, that is where the rain is hitting the ground. it will move out of here around the noon hour and have highs in the low 80's. heading over to traffic. >> with a new accident reported by fairfax county police. oxnard road southbound is shut down near the fair lakes parkway with an accident, following yet another accident in montgomery county that is causing major tieups for folks trying to get to germantown this morning.

the crash is on 118 germantown road at 270. let bound lanes are closed. eastbound lanes are open but cannot access the ramp to 270. things are delayed from clarksburg all the way to do this biro davisburg. >> 5 people dead, and more than a dozen other injured after a car bomb exploded in baghdad. a car bomb just missed of passing convoy. >> turkey has fired on syria for a second straight day. they have no intention of declaring war on syria just a warning according to the president. it is retaliation for an attack that killed five women on the border town. the presidential candidates back

on the campaign trail after the first three debates. >> they sparred over the economy, jobs, health care and much more the opinions vary about who came out on top of this one. prieta carter has the highlights. -- brianne carter has the highlights. >> mitt romney hoping they could get a boost in the polls today and some said that may be exactly what he got. back to campaigning this morning for president barack obama and mitt romney after a night of back-and-forth debate. domestic issues dominated. many think that there romney had the right pole. 67 percent of americans asked the lead the republican hopeful was the winner. to go under the president's policies middle income have been very. they are being crushed. i will not on any circumstances raise taxes on any middle income

family. >> for 18 months he has been running on this tax plan. now, five weeks before the election is saying his big bold idea is never mind. >> the president's health-care reform plan was center stage. >> obamacare is on my list. >> if you repeal obama care, if you repeal it, what happens is those seniors right away are court to pay $600 more in prescription care. >> we heard about the economy and health care. some this morning are wondering why the president did not talk about the 47% statement that came out of the video. the question about why that was not brought up late last night in the debate. this morning some people saying that they believe mitt romney may get a boost.

the question is, how long will that last? five weeks left until election day. >> the candidates returned to the campaign trail with stops in key swing states today. paul ryan holding a rally in agusta county, va., today. president obama campaigning in denver before he heads to wisconsin and ohio. joe biden campaigning in iowa. >> tracking the latest developments in the search for missing fairfax county high school student. brian glynn the last seen on monday morning when he dropped his brother abbas school. we're live outside the high school with details on his appearance. >> bloodhounds are being used and near the 70 -- after 72 hours. the teen-ager's family said he came to school without a cell phone or debit card. what was found in his car was.

>> brighten glenn was last seen in the parking lot of his school around 7:00 in the morning monday. it was not later that evening when he did not come home from football practice that his family knew something was wrong. the teenagers car found several hours later at a park. >> he is somewhere in the dust. >>and needs us. >> he drove his brother to school but then finished. >> clues inside his car are raising serious concerns. an unusual station playing on the radio. >> a station he would never listen to. talk radio. he always listens to music in the car. >> police found a dunkin' donuts receipt inside the car.

there goitrous surveillance video to try and -- they are going through surveillance video to try to find more clues. >> the beach johnson missed the last game. he started lose it feeling in his leg during the seventh inning. team doctors found he had pinched nerves in his back. johnson expects to get an injection today to help with the problem. highlights from the gnats gamenats game still ahead. >> a huge bird david smallwood:

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>> you read about it in the paper and saw it in the news. the northern snakehead. good morning washingtonn. >> a fire in a strong base and idaho still burning. more than 1000 bales of str than $100,000 in damage. no one has been hurt, but the owner believes the fire was deliberately set. fire officials have not confirmed that. a big bird causes a traffic headache during the morning rush hour in south florida. here is a real one on the streets of cape canavthe bird ran out into traffic. this is an emu named taco. apparently the bird was routed around looking for a mate and have a special interest in motorcycles. the owners eventually got it to leave, but he was not able to

find a mate on the highway. >> keep looking. >> a look at the forecast this morning. >> on the order cycle right a motorcycle can be attractive. probably do not want to read them this morning. a little bit of light rain on the radar. it is not going to amount to much. most of the day will be dry. we have the clouds. that is what we are seeing outside the windows in arlington. cloudiness across the mid- atlantic. tough to break this out of here, but that of the doorway. we could see sunshine before the day is done and promising look your friday. if you're traveling today you will see an occasional airport delays up and down the east coast. also, if you are traveling to the upper midwest, there will be seeing snow that will be heavy at times. the forecast is morning clouds and a few showers.

afternoon sunshine. high temperature between 78-82 degrees. another warm one. big changes for the weekend. i will tell you about that if you did it. >> good morning, everyone. heading out for the thursday morning drive, already seeing sluggish traffic. all your lanes are open. fairfax county police attacksay we do have a closures on ops roax road. still blocked up in germantown. 270 we are tied up with a crash. tow trucks have arrived on the scene. that is the least bit -- latest in traffic. >> caught on tape, of other and her five children escaped a third story apartment where they have to leave out the window. >> what tipped off [ female announcer

] who will raise taxes on the middle class? barack obama andnd the liberals already have. to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll p higher taxes a more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives wl cut taxes on the middlelass. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four

more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> you are watching abc7 new 7's good morning washington. this is "good morning washington, on your side. " >> a devastating a landslide in southwest china that. 18 students. rescuers rushed to the scene to try to dig them out. no word on their condition. the area recovering from a deadly earthquake just last month. since then a lot of rain, and the cause of the landslide still not known. >> hillary clinton which is a full inquiry into the deadly attack in libya. the state department denied requests to enhance security of the building. the u.s. ambassador chris

stevens and three other americans died in the attack last month. the independent panel is set to begin its investigation. >> and new jersey mother and her five children forced to jump from a third story apartment after it caught fire. take a look of the video caught on tape. no one was seriously hurt. authorities believe it was sparked by a candle that was like burning a bathroom. the family was using the candles for light. there were waiting for the power to be turned on. >> on non contagious form of meningitis has killed four people, including one person in the virginia and one in maryland. more than two dozen people have been sick in five states after receiving steroid injections. officials have identified the manufacturer and they have issued a recall. researchers studying a social media can help identify drug side effects quickly.

they are sifting through twitter post and logs to look for early warning signs of adverse drug reactions. american airlines says it is working through mechanical issues. >> the question is, is it too little too late for frustrated customers? the texas woman who has flown nearly 1 million miles with american airlines has fired off a letter. she details her encounter with delays and on helpful employees. -- unhelpful employees. >> i think all of these entities me to come together and figure out what they are going to do, because they are losing customers. >> american says problems involving faulty seats are resolved. the airline and the pilots' union are also back at the bargaining table. >> a little bit of light rain right now at dulles airport.

and mostly just sprinkles. not a lot. mostly just this morning. tomorrow hold on. it's looking fabulous. live super doppler. the heaviest of it at this time into charles county. we have had some light rain into westminster and just outside of the beltway and baltimore. you could hardly see a few of the sprinkles tried to make their way into the district as well. be aware there might be a little bit but not really enough hopefully to affect your travel or even an umbrella for today. visibility yesterday was terrible. areas have seen patchy fog and visibility down to 4 miles per hour. 7 miles out of the list. culpeper at 2.5. that could limit you a little bit. 73 at reagan national. 69 at the list.

73 in fredericksburg. clouds sticking with us for most of the day today. high pressure will build into the area. take note of the strong cold front moving through the upper midwest. very blustery and cold. up to a foot of snow parts in the dakotas and minnesota. that will approach us as we head into your saturday and weekend. that will bring a big drop in temperatures. our forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies. a little bit of sun hopefully by this afternoon. 78-82. tonight mostly clear. there is your seven-day forecast. you can find me on facebook. you can follow me on twitter. that is your forecast. checking on traffic. >> starting with good news first. in germantown traffic is able

to get by the accident. still a slow go on 118. use caution because police still on the scene. now we are on the scene of another crash in fairfax county. medevac has been called to the scene. we're told a pedestrian was struck on west ox road. we are shut down on the south -- southbound side. medevac called police on the scene, trying to direct your around accident. also of note, another crash reported in manassas. we will update you the next report. sending it back to you. >> 70 degrees. the nasdaq investigate some unusual transactions and federal officials are finding big problems with weight-loss supplements. >> good morning, everyone. topic america's money, record

gas prices in california for this time of year. a pipeline closure has sent prices 5 cents higher. they are expected to keep climbing for days. nasdaq is investigating an unusual price spike in shares of kraft foods. tickets sold some of the trades after shares rose 29% in just one minute. government investigators have a new warning about the $20 billion dietary supplement business. some of those they checked made labels that had the legal claims. jetblue is giving away free flights to make good on their promise. that is a check of the money. >> i have limits put on me.

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>> it was a special day yesterday. a number of reasons. >> we were glad to win this teddy roosevelt -- witness teddy roosevelt's streak finally finished. the victory came at the end of the homestand dedicated to the 26th president of the public

campaign to finally let heavy wind. >> nats have a whole bunch of womeins this year, too. that helped them beat the phillies. final score 5-1. he tweet the hammy running to basis. no word on how serious that is. tomorrow there will play the cardinals and braids. the first home playoff game will be wednesday. the baltimore orioles had to texas. they have to play the rangers on friday. longoria homered three times. oakland a's crash the rangers'

three times. the a's first and only day and first place the entire season was yesterday. >> tonight on abc7 news at 5:00, a growing concern for new mothers the word about cancer. a woman's risk of developing breast cancer increases in the years immediately following childbirth. doctors are not sure why that is. tonight we will talk to young mother who developed breast cancer. we will have the latest research about why this might be happening. >> a south carolina family made a this curbindisturbing discovery on facebook. >> they found pictures of a teenager's parting in their home while they were not home. the homeowner said he noticed the screen with got back but did not think much about it because

nothing inside was out of place. the next day we come to find out the cleaned everything up before we went home. even did the dishes. the kids were not bragging about it -- if the kids were not bragging about it, they would have gone away with it. police say they have a whole list of suspects because they tied themselves in the pictures. the man said the partygoers are his children's classmates. no charges have been filed yet. >> what were they thinking? >> still another half hour of good morning washington. >>

>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington on your side." >> straight ahead, it either side deliver a knockout punch last night but one of the candidates did seem to grab an edge. >> find out how the king of poncunk got punked himself. >> it was bound to happen eventually. >> a little bit of light rain and a few sprinkles out there. super doppler showing us it looks like spotty light showers

in the southern part of montgomery county. maybe a little bit of the district. most of what we're seeing here is actually not reaching the ground. very fine of light rain evaporates before it touches the surface. 63 at reagan national. 64 degrees in winchester. we will warm up this afternoon and should get some breaks of the clouds by late in the day and hopefully try out as well. high temperatures pushing the 80 degree mark. big changes for the weekend. first, heading over to traffic. >> good morning, everyone. a new accident. this one will impact your drive from the beltway. as you head towards the space flight center, we are blocking the left point at 193. traveling on the beltway in maryland and virginia, just delays on the underside in maryland from 95 over to cole

field road. birgit it clear on the beltway. all lanes are open. 66 volume delays, but no reported trouble. the final clearing stages of the accident in fairfax county. west ox road between 50 and their licks. -- and fair lakes. >> a new update in the battle between syria and turkey. >> officials in turkey said they have no plans to declare war on syria, even though they have been firing off over the border into the country. new video into the abc7 news rim that shows what the area of turkey looks like after being hit by a syrian bomb. five women were killed, including three children. some of their funerals going on today. although they have fired on syria several times, they do say they do not have intentions of

declaring war on the country. there has been ongoing battles in the past couple of days over the borders between those countries. officials in turkey said it will not let this escalate into anything more. >> thank you. >> political pundits weighing in on president obama and mitt romney during the first presidential debate last night. >> the latest now out said the white house. to cope talking about political conditions, some weighing in -- >> talking about political pundits, some way in saying mitt romney wassaying it was mitt romney's night. it was all about domestic issues last night. they talked about the economy and health care. the term that has now been

coined using obama care. president barack obama fired back when talking about taxes. irani said he would not raise taxes on the middle-class. president obama said how could he do that without increasing the deficit. today people are talking about how each canada did. some believe president obama may have been too relaxed. others believe iran may have gone the boost he needed. >>-- other believed mitt romney may have gotten the boost he needeed. >>d. >> some political analysts believe the boosted its may only be one or two percentage points. others are also asking questions about why president obama did not raise the issue of the 47% statement, the video we talked about four weeks about why he did not question their romney on that issue as well. this is just round one of the

debate. they will meet again october 16 and 22nd. >> thank you very much. a little more analysis from politico coming up. we want to turn to a developing story out of fairfax county. desperate for clues into what led to the disappearance of a 17-year-old. he was last seen monday morning dropping his brother off at school. police later found his car at a park with no sign of the teenager. john gonzales is live. he joins us with the latest. >> friday and gl brian glenn 's brother says it was a normal school day. bloodhounds being used to collect clues. he had $12 cash in his pocket. no cellphone or debit card. we understand things became a

little bit scary for the family when they noticed he did not come home monday evening after football practice. his car was actually found several hours later at a park about a mile away. authorities do not believe he stepped foot in class monday morning. clues inside the car are raising serious concerns including an empty dunkin' donuts box and candy wrapper, things his family says he never eats. there was an unusual talk station playing on the radio. his family says he always listens to music of the car. take out >> parents have said arlington's transportation policy plan to voice their opinion tonight. older students who live within a

mile and a half now have to walk to school. parents say it is too dangerous. the school system hired a company in order to conduct a study. to go>> new york introducing something called cell phones valets. >>

i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage labor to its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when?

>> there were shots being fired. >> an emergency call about a home invasion at ashton kutcher's home turned up to be a hoax. officials determined in the end it was a prank. there were trying to find where the call came from. he was not home at the time >> some one. >>. >> cell phones are now be had at new york city -- are now banned at new york city schools. now students are paid $1 per day to leave their cell phones at a truck. one cell phone was held up in

200 students lost their cell phones. i am guessing the majority of them have a lock system on their phones. >> you would hope the truck has some type of insurance. >> taking a look at what is happening outside. to go a little bit of light rain at scattered around on super doppler. we've been reporting rain a little bit on and off in the past hour in places like winchester frederick, camp david. the list, quantico. none of it really measurable. best chance of reaching the ground is in prince george's county. it is very light in moving off to the east. we do have a chance of rain this morning. the cloud keep us warm in the morning. looking at temperatures around 70. morning clouds and showers will give way to sunshine. high between 78-82 degrees. tonight we will cool it down

with 52-60. more on the cool down and just a second, but first a check of traffic. >> we continue to block the southbound side of west ox road traveling through fairfax county. medevac has left the scene but accident cleanup continues. tracking delays northbound 95 in virginia through fredericksburg you are on the brakes. also from dale city to norton. northbound 305 -- northbound 395 now. in maryland, trying to recover on southbound 270 with the earlier crash at 118. delays inbound john hanson highway making your way to the vw parkway. >> thank you. 70 degrees outside. partners at politico carefully follow up last night's first presidential debate.

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>> millions of people stayed up late watching the debate last night, including our partners at politico. closely watching mitt romney and barack obama basic offer the first time before the november election. >> i have been in business for 25 years. i have no idea what you're talking about. the idea you get a break for shipping jobs overseas is simply not the case. >> one example of a very confident mitt romney. mike allen from politico here to join us and offer analysis. he really seemed to be on his game. >> he was, and even a little

sassy. meanwhile, the president looking down a lot. mitt romney won the debate, even among those people who have the sound down. the funniest female was from someone who said the president almost looked annoyed. -- funniest email was from someone who's at the present almost looked annoyed. now he has to do it for five weeks. >> what does the white house do to counter this and get ready for round number two? >> they succeeded mitt romney one on style politics -- won on style points. there romney has been preparing dozens of debates. one weekend where he did five debates. they looked at debate prep as the manhattan project of the

campaign. they knew how important it was. new life at a time they really needed it. there will be as mayor from the come back narrative, but now he will have to deliver again and again. amazingly, he was the more relatable of them. now he is to find a way to carry that through an advertising in speeches and ways he can can connecconnect. >> to debate like this one make a difference in terms of people going to the polls? >> they do. the little clips people see on late night and people see on shows like this, morning radio all of that matters because if you have not been turned into the debate, this is the one time you watch. more than 50 million people estimated to a watch this. a big chance. one more for the vice president. a week from today they get

together in kentucky. the other presidential ones are in new york and florida. most amazing gray last night, i would have lost a $1 million but -- most amazing week, three things that were never mentioned, bain, 47% and li libya. either of those three things mentioned last night. -- neither of those three things mentioned last night. >> take a look at this picture outside of our studios here in arlington. there is a sliver of sunshine. have to love that. that is a peak of what we will get later on this afternoon. we should get improving conditions. we do have spotty showers out there. it is all very light. hopefully nothing that will impact your travel today either.

drier conditions coming on in. mile this morning. 68 in manassas. 66 in martinsburg. a little bit of fog in the outlying areas. clearing well off to the west. this will try to nudge in nearby this afternoon. high pressure will start to build into the area. check out the strong cold front. the next big weather maker. heavy snow and upper midwest. much cooler temperatures. this approach is as by your saturday today morning clouds and showers giving way to afternoon sun. for tonight, mostly clear. check out the seven-day forecast. most of saturday will be good. big drop on sunday with a high of 61. a check on traffic. to go on the roads right now in virginia, mostly volume delays. -- >> on the roads right now in

virginia mostly volume delays. traveling on the dulles toll road as well. maryland around the beltway, all the lanes are open coming up from andrews air base. traveling through montgomery county passed arlington parkway. now back to news. >> celebrating the fall season with our new facebook giveaway. >> hope you have been logging on. we have four fields of fear ticket. today's letter, jean stafford from virginia. congratulations. sign up for your chance to win. like our facebook page. >> hope it is not too scary. just carry enough. it will feel like all this weekend, that is for sure. to go looking at 70 degrees. we looked at all of today's top

stories. allied ground up and what you need to know as you head out the door this morning. >> a quick look at the forecast. >> this is the best day of my life. >> literally the best day of my life. >> still a good day. >> the first ever bmw recertified hey, what are you drinkin'? pumpkin coffee for the morning. and i've got my pumpkin k-cup packs for at home. now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at nkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

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questions and answers next right here. >> alive roundup of today's top stories. john gonzales live in fairfax. >> today fairfax county police are now using bloodhounds looking for clues involving this case of the 17-year-old h. he was last seen by his brother monday morning. his car was found 24 hours later abandoned in a park nearby. his family believes he is alive but need help. >> president barack obama and mitt romney are back on the campaign trail after their first debate last night. some political analysts this morning believe mitt romney may have done event to get the boost he needs in the poll. they will meet once again october 16 and a final debate october 22. >> house officials expect to see

more cases in their rear meningitis strain that has killed four people across the country and made dozens of other said. officials do not believe this form of meningitis is contagious in any sort of way but believe it came from a bad shipment of spare rights. two people have died in tennessee. one in maryland and one in virginia. back to you. >> a few things you need to know before you head out this morning. >> arlington county school parents will voice their concerns over transportation system will voice their concerns at a school board meeting tonight. >> a job fair in arlington from 10:30 until 2:00 at the holiday inn on north fort myer drive. jobs will be available in several areas including banking, minutes, and retail. >> congratulations to detroit tigers third baseman becoming

the third player in 45 years to win baseball's triple crown. rbi's 139. well done. >> for information on any of these stories, visit wjla.com and the third-day express tab. >> traffic has been good so far this morning. weather is helping that situation as well. a couple of sprinkles to the east now moving into eastern maryland, but i think we will dry up this afternoon. warm today into 80's. big changes for the weekend. down into the 60's sunday and monday. cold front. same

i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage laborabo its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when?

[ female announcer ] who will raise taxes on the middle class? barack obama and the liberals already have. to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes nd and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class.